Sentences with phrase «taking over football»

This is due for completion in 2018 and Dangote believes that taking over a football club will lead him to instant recognition that will help his business too.

Ghost Back is the next offensive position that will be taking over football.

These are players who are not afraid to show aggression and fight for the win, both physically and verbally, rather than focus on the fancy trickery that has largely taken over football in general.

When Lou Holtz arrived at North Carolina State he took over a football team that had a 3 - 8 record in 1971, and went 8 -3-1.

Not exact matches

With NFL ratings dipping, political controversies taking center stage and health concerns over concussions dominating football related discourse, a new sport is gaining momentum: basketball.

The College Football Playoff field is set and there was one controversial decision — the committee took Alabama over Ohio State.

She said there was no place for such language — «not in locker rooms, not in football players» homes, not in any place» — and «if we don't nip it in the bud, this is going to be a lethal force that's going to take over society.»

I inherited a party — I talk in football analogies far too often but it is basically like taking over the management of a relegated team — and my job was to stop us going out of business.

In a couple hours, you've got the ultimate football party appetizer to skewer up on toothpicks or a fusion - inspired, «take - out» take off dinner that you can serve with the slow cooker sauce over rice.

I obsess over scarves, riding boots, getting coffee, visiting pumpkin farms, smelling (and drinking) all the cider, taking Quinn for walks and watching football.

No club has ever benefited from being taken over by an American, as they all use the club to make as much money as they can, rather than being a football enthusiast, which I think Usmanov is.

I will still take that over playing a fancy football there and still loose, because that's what we have been doing at Old Trafford over the years..

Here's a roundup of tweets from several prominent college football reporters following news that Michigan hired Boston College's Don Brown to take over the defensive coordinator position.

He is afraid that a new manager who takes him over would do wonders with the same squad just by introducing innovative modern day football tactics.

Having said that I'd take Lucas over Walcott any day of the week, he's just a better overall footballer then Walcott.

Jim McElwain, the well - paid Florida football coach who got fired amid a bad 2017 season after implying without evidence that people had made death threats against his players and family, just a few months after he'd been embroiled in a controversy over whether he'd humped a dead shark while naked (he apparently had not), took a loss on a real - estate deal.

I get your point mate.But in truth Ramsey is the CM and Xhaka is the DM according to our formation anf tactic.It's even debatable if Xhaka is capable of playing DM.I think Ramsey's tactical awareness is poor but he has every right to take risks and move into the opposition box.He's a box to box player.The only problem is Ramsey overdoes it.If we had a proper CDM the team would be more balanced.Now it's like we have two CM's playing in midfield and due to their poor tactical awareness we're always left exposed.I conclude by reminding people that Wilshere is better footballer and is more intelligent than Xhaka.It'll be better playing Wilshere and pairing him with a CDM than having Xhaka play there.He just gets to play over him becausr we signed him for # 35.

This problem started when Stan took over because it coincides with Wenger's expiring from modern football.

we do nt have the midfielders to play that formation, only way it would work is if we played counter attacking football, and that goes against the quick possesion passing or (wan na be tiki taka) game the club wants to play and has bee playing since wenger took over.

Playing old - fashioned, bone - bruising football, the Chicago Bears decisively defeated the World Champion Green Bay Packers 26 - 7 to take over first place in the Western Division of the NFL

First, they got a Hoops W over Team Gerszonovicz and then took their talents to the Flag Football field and defeated Defending Champs Team Kollada in the final moments of that one.

He was good enough that David Cutcliffe — one of college football's most respected coaches — retained him from Ted Roof's staff when taking over at Duke in 2008.

The Bournemouth manager has been praised for the style of football which he has blessed upon his Cherries side, and is amongst the favourites to take over from Arsene Wenger when he finally gives up the helm.

The committee took over college football with great fanfare, trumpeting its own integrity and knowledge.

this is the sort of mentality you probably haven't read it properly and jumping all over just like after a bad result you do, of course winning something is very important and it is directly related to progress if your view is taken then no football club is progress the fact that they got relegated don't cancel out the fact that they won a trophy and winning something is always good don't tell that u weren't relieved when that trophy monkey got off our back so don't talk stupid talk with relevant points.

The club's chief executive Tom Fox said, «I'd like to thank Scott for his efforts during his time at the football club and especially under difficult circumstances at the weekend when he took the team for Sunday's FA Cup victory over Leicester City.

To those who have read Dan Jenkins's witty and sardonic takes on football and golf over the last 50 years in magazines (including SI) and in novels such as Semi-Tough and Dead Solid Perfect, his racially insensitive but playful tweet during the Masters about Y.E. Yang («Yang is three shots off the lead.

Interestingly enough, Football Scoop also says that Al Borges will likely take over Dougherty's OC position at SJSU.

Time to get the family out of running the team and turn it completely over to quality football people and take off the budget restraints.

I would let Ramsey go for free and buy Forsberg from Leipzig who is more accomplished as a footballer and take over from Carzola even his counterpart who is heading to Liverpool next summer (Naby Keita) is way better than Ramsey and Wilshire combine — when you come to wenger's approach in the past it tells it all he never really intended to bring in quality players he was just giving fans false hopes and played mind games when they happened to end up somewhere else he will come outwith BS like we almost sign him

NOTRE DAME AND TV From all the anguished cries we're hearing about Notre Dame's TV contract with NBC (We're Notre Dame — and You're Not, Feb. 19), one would think a corporate raider had just taken over college football and was tucking away the profits in a Swiss bank account.

Several Oklahoma football players invaded the ESPN studio after Thursday's Sugar Bowl victory over Alabama, and nearly took the whole thing down.

English leagues will not take legal action against FIFA over the decision to switch the Qatar 2022 World Cup to November and December, despite it hugely disrupting the season of the Premier League and Football League, according to BBC Sport.

While FIFA announced in a statement that they were «pleased» such an investigation was taking place for the «good of football», Twitter users have been quick to voice their views, and many have taken to to the social media site to vent their anger over the current situation.

The football mafia has taken over the minds and souls of many to profit.

A dog bit players, and children took over fairways for football practice.

I watch a lot of PL football, 2 - 4 games a week where possible, and I've taken a big interest in Everton over the years as they're a fantastically unpredictable team to enjoy watching.

I would say Wenger has over time gotten the wrong players for this system to work... I mean if you take a look at our team now, only Cazorla had that special technicality to operate in that brand of football, but I think Iwobi is not far off... players like Le Coq, Elneny and co do not have the playmaking and technical abilities of Hleb, Rosicky and Cesc...

Arsene Wenger came in with a concept and footballing culture that was ahead of his time and not embraced by all, as lets face it, a lot of footballers at that time were party boys and just living the dream with their ridiculously high wages, but though there were legends who disagreed, their time had come to an end, total fitness and diet along with football science was about to take over.

Several Oklahoma football players invaded the ESPN studio after Thursday's Sugar Bowl victory over Alabama, and nearly took the whole thing...

Jim Harbaugh's popularity on the Michigan campus since taking over as the head football coach has been well documented.

Why would 67 - year - old Bobby Ross leave a life of leisure to take over the worst team in college football?

In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

When Arsene Wenger first took over as the new manager of Arsenal Football Club over 18 years ago, the Frenchman was not very well known but he soon became known around the world for his innovative ideas, both on and off the pitch.

Worst Haircut Football — this Mexican side have taken over from Romania as the sport's worst

Depressed I am just sick of it pass pass pass and no end product same old same old and when losing a game I don't take off ur goal scorer even for half a chance and bellerin is waste space should been mertsacker in def and kolisinic lab and ox rwb and how we miss cazorla, one free and one striker and no champions league football oh how we're trying very hard get bk in haha joke of board ambition is sad we need atleast 2 players van diik and nzonzi would give us steel over and out need?

If you wan na do something then make banners slandering Silent Stan and how you will withhold all your money until an owner who cares about football takes over the club.

Dennis has a fear of flying, and with Arsenal regularly participating in European football, a refusal to fly would most certainly stand in the way of taking over the top job in North London.

But if Wenger is continuing to hold the negative cloud of uncertainty over his future with the club on purpose in the hope the annual late rally to secure a top 4 spot would justify a new contract then I would rather finish 7th, outside of the European football places allowing a new manager to focus just on the PL and taking any arguments away from Wenger that would delude him into thinking he should continue his unsuccessful reign and the systematic dismantling of our competitive status and DNA.

We saw Man United get taken to the cleaners on all of their transfer deals last summer, because they had to pay over the odds with no Champions League football to offer and we do not want that to happen to us.